I’d like to take a minute to review a shop local to the 518 area code, that really is the start of the jewelry that we now offer. Not too far from where we’re located (out of our homes), in the quaint village of Ballston Spa, NY, is a small basement-store called A Bead Just So. It’s run by a former employee of Saratoga Beads, which closed when the respective owner retired. This former employee didn’t want to see the area lose a local bead shop, so she decided to open her own store. While opening in Saratoga Springs, NY would have been nice, so that she could have been near where the old shop was, it also came with a price tag that was not in the right range. So Ballston Spa was...

As you are aware if you follow us on Facebook, we have been ultra-busy crafting in preparation for our final craft fair of the 2014 season; the 2nd Annual One Stop Holiday Shop in Saratoga Springs, NY. Last year we had only just broken into eggshell items, this year we’ve gone above and beyond that as we’ve gotten into beaded jewelry and hand-dyed silks! Since we’re so excited to share, here’s a sneak preview of what’s to come! 😉 Of course, you can see more on the Facebook page, so if you’re curious definitely go take a peak. Crystal Cluster Earrings are something we’ve always admired for their shiny beauty, and are now capable of crafting. These earrings are created using Czech glass crystals clustered together on a few links of chain to create...

You may remember last year that we did one final craft fair at the end of the year in Saratoga Springs, NY. Well, we’re happy to say we’re going back and expecting it to be bigger and better than ever! So much has changed for us since we did the last One Stop Holiday Shop craft and vendor fair! It’s actually a little overwhelming to think about. When we did the event last year, we were just introducing eggshell jewelry and magnets. We were still mainly kanzashi flowers and a lot of hopes and dreams. This year, we will have the same beautiful kanzashi flowers you know us for, plus we have more eggshell items, but the big thing is that we now have so much jewelry and hand-dyed silk scarves! We’ve been hard...

So uh… where did summer go? >_>; For us, it went flying by (on a broomstick, that crafty witch…) and we hardly seemed to see any of it. We were kept very busy with three craft fairs that occurred very close together, Gwen’s wedding, and my photography workshop. Which also happened in about the same time frame. To summarize, our summer looked roughly like so: August 2nd – Front Street Art Fest in Ballston Spa August 23rd – Mabee Farms Craft Fair in Rotterdam Junction September 13th – Charlton Presbyterian Church Craft Fair in Charlton September 17th – I gave a photography workshop in Albany October 4th – Gwen got married (and it was lovely) That’s a lot of stuff in about oh… two months. And for most of the summer we were preparing...

So the time came to do another craft show! Same place as the holiday one, but with twice as many vendors! We learned a lot from the first craft show, like not wanting to be up until 1am the night before crafting the last of your flowers. Yeah, that was definitely out. Instead, this time we were up until 1am finishing up other things. Gwen had things to finish pricing and tagging, while I was working on our displays. That was the other thing we learned, displays are a good thing. But they can be so expensive if you buy them from a store. So, with a little creative engineering, help from my dad (he worked the saw for me), craft foam, velour, self-adhesive felt, dowels, and dangly doo-dads; I made a set of...

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